Sri Aurobindo

09/13/2022

Ideal quantity of sleep

Q: Is six hours of sleep at night enough? Seven would be better at your age. Six is the minimum, at any time except in old […]
09/12/2022
Sri Aurobindo

The Descent of Force

Q: If one feels a fountain of Force rushing into the body, can it be a mere reflection of the inner being’s experience? It can be […]
09/11/2022
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Vital Desires as an obstacle

Q: How do the vital desires supported by the mind prevent the physical from receiving the Peace and the Force? If the mind and the vital […]
09/10/2022

Getting rid of Inertia, Ego and Desire

Q: Why don’t the inertia, ego and desire decrease in spite of our sustained effort to change them? It needs time, persistent will and effort and […]
09/09/2022

Resistance and Inertia at the physical level

Q: Today I tried to take a walk. It was so tiring that my right leg ached! I had to suspend my normal painting work! All […]
09/08/2022

Getting rid of ego

Q: During one of the meditations, I found that the ego was disturbing my life and sadhana. So I separated myself from it and kicked it […]
09/02/2022
The Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram

Ego while working for The Mother

Q: If I work for the Mother alone, the interference of the ego would mean that it comes from outside. For the Mother’s work and the […]
08/29/2022
Sri Aurobindo

Work, Personal action and Initiation

Q: In what way do I associate work with my personal action and initiation? As everybody does. I can’t enter into an exposition of how human […]
08/27/2022

Spreading out of Consciousness

Q: My present consciousness does not like to concentrate on anything or on any definite object. It remains simply ‘spread out’. What is meant by that? […]